Winging It – Southern masked weaver
—oOo— Jealousy is the art of counting someone else’s blessings instead of your own. Unknown —oOo— Southern masked weaver Related Images:
Winging It – Green-winged pytilia
—oOo— I will not let anyone walk through my mind with dirty feet. Mahatma Gandhi —oOo— Green-winged pytilia Related Images:
Winging It – European bee-eater
—oOo— Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul – the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Napoleon Hill —oOo— European bee-eater Related Images:
Winging It – Crimson-breasted shrike.
Winging It is a collection of inspirational sayings, some humour and some personal insights – in fact anything that we feel compelled to share. We hope that you enjoy the photo that appears each...
Winging It – Something New
Welcome to the first of our Winging It daily thoughts. Winging It will be a collection of inspirational sayings, some humour and some personal insights – in fact anything that we feel compelled to...
Lilac-breasted roller eating a snake
Hello, hello!! What have we got here? Looks like it could be interesting ……. I think I’ll check it out. So someone ran over a snake. Well, that’s surely good news for me. ...
Black Wildebeest – The Gnu that’s not the Blue!
Tucked away in a far corner of South Africa, near the bustling town of Mafikeng, is a little game reserve called Botsalano. Although it isn’t one of the more famous game reserves in the...
Khwai Me A River
Botswana has many amazing campsites, especially in the Okavango Delta, and they can be jolly pricey to stay at too. Just occasionally you strike it lucky and come across a place that was merely...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Last week I blogged about our stay at Mudumu National Park in Namibia. From that wonderful place we took a day trip further up the Kwando/Linyati River to the Mamili National Park (also known...
Bird of the Week – Week 144 – Common moorhen
There are at least twenty-two birds in the southern African region that have the adjective “Common” in their name, and some of them are not common (in the sense of plentiful) at all. The...
Mudumu National Park – a Namibian gem
It’s so exciting staying in a nature or game reserve and even better if you can set up camp in a wild area without any fences. We decided to rough it on a recent...
Bird of the Week – Week 143 – White-fronted bee-eater
The bee-eaters are a delightful family of birds and the White-fronted bee-eater is one of the few members of the family that can be found fairly commonly within its territory throughout the year. Its...
Three scatter cushions for $8000
It’s been a few weeks since we blogged on Wilkinson’s World and that’s because Rob and I are renovating our home at the moment. It’s certainly taking up all our spare time, but in...
Bird of the Week – Week 141 – Crested barbet
The Crested barbet is fairly common in the north-eastern parts of the southern African region, where it favours drier woodland especially areas with plenty of acacias. They also seem to be quite comfortable in...
Entertaining a Woolly-necked stork
This time last year Rob and I were anticipating spending Christmas alone in Windhoek because he had to work over the festive period. We decided to liven things up by starting what we called...
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